"There was no way we were going to do that," Madigan said in a new interview. Kazan, who directed On the Waterfront, testified at the House Un-American Activities Committee. Following an introduction ...

Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from the past, as well as new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, ...

The Selected Letters of Elia Kazan edited by Albert J. Devlin with Marlene J. Devlin; Knopf, 647 pages ($40). Has there ever been a more misbegotten and forlorn Oscar for lifetime achievement than the ...

This collection of letters written by acclaimed director Elia Kazan chronicles his life from his start as an actor to his rise as a Broadway and Hollywood director to his life later as a writer. The ...

Between 1951 and 1961, Elia Kazan (1909-2003) directed nine films, four of which are the subject of this thesis: A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), On the Waterfront (1954), East of Eden (1955), and ...

Weapons star Amy Madigan explained why she and husband Ed Harris didn't clap for Elia Kazan at 1999 Oscars. "There was no way we were going to do that," Madigan said in a new interview. Kazan, who ...